# CVE-2024-34391: libxmljs attrs type confusion RCE

- Also known as: GHSA-6433-X5P4-8JC7
- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-02 · Updated: 2024-11-25

## Affected

- libxmljs: through 1.0.11
- libxmljs (npm): through 1.0.11

## Description

libxmljs is vulnerable to a type confusion vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted XML while invoking a function on the result of attrs() that was called on a parsed node. This vulnerability might lead to denial of service (on both 32-bit systems and 64-bit systems), data leak, infinite loop and remote code execution (on 32-bit systems with the XML_PARSE_HUGE flag enabled).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on libxmljs, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/libxmljs-attrs-type-confusion-rce-jfsa-2024-001033988/
- https://github.com/libxmljs/libxmljs/issues/645

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